Dr. Ravikiran S K

• Management of viral hepatitis and chronic liver disease
• Pre‑ and post‑liver transplant optimization and follow‑up
• Diagnostic & therapeutic endoscopy including ERCP and EUS
• General liver disease treatment

• Fellowship in Liver Transplantation – Toronto General Hospital
• MRCP (UK) in Gastroenterology
• DM in Gastroenterology
• MD in General Medicine

• Travel grants awarded by:
  • Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG)
  • American Society of Transplantation (AST)
  • European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)

• Liver cirrhosis
• Fatty liver / NASH (Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis)

Oral Paper Presentations: 

• Sex Disparity in Liver Transplant and Access to Living Donation at MCLD conference, Chennai, India (2021)
• Development of a model to predict survival in recipients of liver transplantation for NASH at ILTS Annual Congress, Toronto, Canada (May 2019)
• Early post-ERCP Cholecystitis – Severity, Incidence, and Risk Factors at Asia Pacific Digestive Disease Week, Hong Kong (November 2017)

Poster Presentations:

• Disseminated Histoplasmosis post-liver transplantation masquerading as graft rejection at European Society of Organ Transplantation Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark (September 2019)
• Hepatitis and Pregnancy at Global Hepatitis Summit, Toronto, Canada (June 2018) 

Original Articles:

• Impact of living donor liver transplantation on long-term cardiometabolic and graft outcomes in cirrhosis due to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Clinical Transplantation (May 2023) [DOI: 10.1111/ctr.15008]
• Predicting the outcome of liver transplantation in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis: The NASH LT risk-benefit calculator. Clinical Transplantation (February 2023) [DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14930]
• Divergent trajectories of lean vs obese non-alcoholic steatohepatitis patients from listing to post-transplant: A retrospective cohort study. World Journal of Gastroenterology (July 2022) [DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i26.3218]
• Early Post Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Cholecystitis – Incidence, Risk Factors, Severity, and Surgical Implications. The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Digestive Endoscopy (September 2021) [DOI: 10.24871/2222021164-166]
• Sex Disparity in Liver Transplant and Access to Living Donation. JAMA Surgery (August 2021) [DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.3586]
• Comparison of Transient Elastography and Liver Biopsy in Assessing Fibrosis in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Journal of Renal and Hepatic Disorders (May 2021) [DOI: 10.15586/jrenhep.v5i1.90]
• Predicting Long-term Survival After Liver Transplantation in Patients With NASH Cirrhosis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (January 2021) [DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2021.01.021]
• Editorial: Effect of Exercise on Physical Frailty in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics (December 2019) [DOI: 10.1111/apt.15534]
• Tuberculosis – The Usual Suspect. Indian Journal of Medical Research (April 2015)
• Tumor of the Lowest Probability. Journal of Digestive Endoscopy (September 2019) [DOI: 10.4103/0976-5042.189148]
• An Unusual Case of Gastrointestinal Bleed. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine (August 2014) [DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.138160]
• Factors that predict mortality in children with Wilson disease associated acute liver failure and comparison of Wilson disease specific prognostic indices. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (August 2013) [DOI: 10.1111/jgh.12356]
• Acute Liver Failure in Pregnancy – It’s Causative and Prognostic Factors. Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology (January 2015)

Travel Grants:

• Indian Society of Gastroenterology (2017)
• AST Fellows Symposium (2019)
• EASL (2020)

Case Reports & Abstracts:

• Dieulafoy’s Lesion Masquerading as Gastric Erosion. ISGCON (2016)
• Glucose Breath Test for Diagnosis of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth – A Retrospective Analysis. ISGCON (2016)
• Adenocarcinoma in Chronic Fistula in Ano: A Case Report. ISGCON (2016)
• Checkpoint for Esophageal Variceal Bleeding Using Band Ligator – Outstanding Efficacy at Low Cost? ISGCON (2016)
• Consultant vs Resident – Gastrointestinal Bleed Differences. ISGCON (2016)
• Lymphoepithelial Cyst Mimicking Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasm with High Carcinoembryonic Antigen: Report of a Case. ISGCON (2016)
• An Unusual Case of Gastrointestinal Bleed. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine (2014)
• Clinical Demographic Characteristics and Outcome in 65 Patients with HCC: A Prospective Study. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology (December 2014)
• Incidence, Course, and Outcome of Community-Acquired and Nosocomial Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Patients with Cirrhosis. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology (March 2013)
• Outcome of Hepatitis B and Delta Virus Infection in Children Undergoing Chemotherapy for Hematological Malignancies: An Eight Years Single Centre Experience. AASLD Abstract (November 2013)
• Factors that Predict Mortality in Children with Wilson’s Disease Associated Acute Liver Failure and Comparison of Wilson Disease Specific Prognostic Indices. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (February 2014)
• Kidney Biopsy Changes in Patients with Ethanol-Related Cirrhosis and Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology (November 2013)
• Splenic Infarct in Acute Malaria. Journal of Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine (2010)
• Estimating GFR Using Serum Creatinine in Type 2 Diabetes. RSSDI Abstract Book (2009)
• Tuberculosis: An Unusual Suspect. Indian Journal of Medical Research
• Tumor with Lowest Probability – NET of Ampulla. Journal of Digestive Endoscopy

• Member of:
  • Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG)
  • International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS)
  • European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)
  • American Society of Transplantation (AST)